2023 CHÂTEAU RAUZAN-SÉGLA 2ème Cru Classé Margaux, Lea & Sandeman

CHÂTEAU RAUZAN-SÉGLA

2023 2ème Cru Classé Margaux

Grapes Cab Sauv, Petit Verdot, Merlot
Colour Red
Origin France, Bordeaux
Sub-district Haut Médoc
Village Margaux
Classification 2ème Cru Classé
ABV 13.5%

The 2023 Rauzan-Segla is deep garnet-purple in color. It prances out with flamboyant notes of Morello cherries, blackcurrant pastilles, violets, and licorice giving way to suggestions of rosebud tea, crushed rocks, and Sichuan pepper. The medium-bodied palate delivers amazing tension to offset the shiny black and red berry layers, framed by velvety tannins, finishing long and perfumed. This is gorgeous! Rating: 95-97 Lisa Perrotti-Brown MW, The Wine Independent (May 2024)


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Inkier and more luscious in texture than the Ségla, this has rich layers to its aromatic palate, showing rhubarb, savoury cassis and blueberry, peony, rose petals, soot, gunsmoke, graphite, flint, weight and texture, spiralling upwards. Wonderful expression of a wine that seems supremely Margaux and supremely Rauzan Ségla. 50% new oak. Drinking range: 2032 - 2048 Rating: 96 Jane Anson, www.janeanson.com (May 2024)

The 2023 Rauzan-Ségla is fabulous. Rich, dense and explosive, the 2023 soars out of the glass with captivating aromatics. Readers will find a vertical, deep Margaux endowed with tremendous character and nuance. All the elements are so well-balanced. Crushed rocks, plum, blood orange, spice and leather are some of the notes that explode into the finish. In 2023, the Grand Vin is distinctly red-fruited and vibrant. Rauzan-Ségla is one of the most memorable wines of the vintage. It was nothing short of stellar on the four occasions I tasted it. Drinking range: 2033 - 2063 Rating: 96-98 Antonio Galloni, www.vinous.com (May 2024)

The blend of Rauzan-Ségla is 85% Cabernet Sauvignon, 13.5% Merlot and 1.5% Petit Verdot, the highest ever percentage of Cabernet Sauvignon, an assemblage driven by the mildew, as the mildew-hit Merlot was dropped during the season. The yield was 30 hl/ha, significantly down from the norm, with 60% in the grand vin. A very pure and linear presentation on the nose, with violets over black fruits, especially black cherry and blackcurrant, smoked with minerals and floral elements, and tinged with charcoal and toast. An immediate sense of appeal on the palate here, a delicious sense of harmony, with lightly sinewy forest fruits, bramble and wild black cherry, set in a modest texture, and underpinned by the rich but powdery tannins of the vintage. Supple, correct, elegant, with great drive and the freshness of the vintage, this is a fine Rauzan-Ségla which broadens out on the finish. Tasted twice. The alcohol is 13.5%. Rating: 94-96 Chris Kissack, www.thewinedoctor.com (Apr 2024)

Château Rauzan-Ségla

Margaux Deuxième cru 1855 During the late 17th Century Pierre Desmezures de Rauzan gradually accumulated a sizable portfolio of vineyard property in Pauillac and Margaux. The Pauillac properties ended up, through his daughter's marriage into the Pichon family, as the two great Pichon châteaux (and a small parcel even ended up as part of Château Latour). The Margaux vineyards continued with the family name until 1792 when the Rauzan estate was split between two daughters, one who married Pierre Louis de Ségla and the other who was married to the Seigneur de Gassies. Both Rauzans were awarded 2nd Growth status in 1855, and for the remainder of the 19th Century Château Rauzan-Ségla was regarded as one of the leading Deuxième cru. Frédéric Cruse bought Rauzan-Ségla in 1903 and had the present château built, although the 54 years of Cruse family ownership saw the estate go into slow decline. Through the 1970's and into the 80's, however, much needed investment and renewal put Château Rauzan-Ségla back on the map. There are just over 50ha of vines spread between Margaux and Cantenac - 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 41% Merlot, 4% Petit Verdot and just 1% Cabernet Franc. The hand-harvested grapes are fremented in temperature-controlled stainless-steel before spending up to 20 months in oak (50%-60% new). For a long time the estate was spelt "Rausan-Ségla" but, in 1994, they reverted to the historical spelling with a "z".

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